Journal of Biochemistry Advance Access published online on February 10, 2008
Journal of Biochemistry, doi:10.1093/jb/mvn014
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© 2008 The Japanese Biochemical Society
Characterization of the molecular interaction between tropoelastin and DACNE/fibulin-5
1 Department of Clinical Chemistry, Hoshi University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan
2 Department of Biochemical Engineering and Science, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 kawazu, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka 804-8550, Japan
3 Department of Pediatrics and 4 Department of Genetics, Washington University, 660 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
5 Materials Research Department, Advanced Cosmetic Research Laboratories, KOSÉ Corporation, 1-8-4 Azusawa, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 174-0051, Japan
*To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dr. Hiroshi Wachi: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Hoshi University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8501, Japan. Tel. & Fax. +81-3-5498-5243. E-mail wchrs_1107{at}hoshi.ac.jp
Received November 1, 2007; Accepted January 27, 2008
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Fibulin-5 is believed to play an important role in the elastic fiber formation. The present experiments were carried out to characterize the molecular interaction between fibulin-5 and tropoelastin. Our data showed that the divalent cations of Ca2+, Ba2+, and Mg2+ significantly enhanced the binding of fibulin-5 to tropoelastin. In addition, N-linked glucosylation of fibulin-5 does not require for the binding to tropoelastin. To address the fibulin-5 binding site on tropoelastin constructs containing, exons 2-15, and exons 16-36, of tropoelastin were used. Fibulin-5 binding was significantly reduced to either fragment and also to a mixture of the two fragments. These results suggested that the whole molecule of tropoelastin was required for the interaction with fibulin-5. In co-immunoprecipitation experiments, tropoelastin binding to fibulin-5 was enhanced by an increase of temperature and sodium chloride concentration, conditions that enhance the coacervation of tropooelastin. The binding of tropoelastin fragments to fibulin-5 was directly proportional to their propensity to coacervate. Furthermore, the addition of fibulin-5 to tropoelastin facilitated coacervation. Taken together, the present study shows that fibulin-5 enhances elastic fiber formation in part by improving the self association properties of tropoelastin.
Key Words: Coacervation, DANCE/fibulin-5, Extracellular matrix, Molecular interaction, Tropoelastin
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